Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre
# Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre

The men's sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twenty-first appearance of the event. The competition was held from 22 to 23 September 1988. 40 fencers from 18 nations competed. Nations had been limited to three fencers each since 1928. The event was won by defending champion Jean-François Lamour of France, the fourth man to successfully defend an Olympic title in the sabre and the 11th man overall to win multiple medals in the event. It was France's third victory in the event, matching the Soviet Union for second-most all-time (behind Hungary at 11 gold medals). Janusz Olech took silver, Poland's first medal in the event since 1968. Italian Giovanni Scalzo earned bronze.

## Background

This was the 21st appearance of the event, which is the only fencing event to have been held at every Summer Olympics.

Six of the quarterfinalists from 1984 returned: gold medalist Jean-François Lamour of France, silver medalist Marco Marin of Italy, bronze medalist Peter Westbrook of the United States, and quarterfinal losers Pierre Guichot of France, Giovanni Scalzo of Italy, and Ioan Pop of Romania. Lamour's 1984 gold was discounted due to the Soviet-led boycott keeping out dominant powers Hungary and the Soviet Union, but Lamour had won the 1987 world championship with the Hungarians and Soviets competing; he was a serious contender to repeat.

The other two inter-Games world championships had been won by György Nébald of Hungary (1985) and Sergey Mindirgasov of the Soviet Union (1986). Also returning to Olympic competition after the boycott were 1980 bronze medalist Imre Gedővári of Hungary and finalists Vasil Etropolski and Khristo Etropolski, twins from Bulgaria.

Bolivia, Chinese Taipei, the Philippines, and South Korea each made their debut in the men's sabre. Italy made its 19th appearance in the event, most of any nation, having missed the inaugural 1896 event and the 1904 St. Louis Games.

## Competition format

The 1988 tournament used a three-phase format very similar to that of 1984. Unlike the foil and épée competitions, the sabre tournament kept the size of the second phase (double elimination) round at 16 fencers (compared to expanding to 32 for foil and épée).

The first phase was a multi-round round-robin pool play format; each fencer in a pool faced each other fencer in that pool once. There were three pool rounds:

* The first round had 6 pools of 6 or 7 fencers each, with the top 5 in each pool advancing.
* The second round had 6 pools of 5 fencers each, with the top 4 in each pool advancing.
* The third round had 4 pools of 6 fencers each, with the top 4 in each pool advancing.

The second phase was a truncated double-elimination tournament. Four fencers advanced to the final round through the winners brackets and four more advanced via the repechage.

The final phase was a single elimination tournament with a bronze medal match.

Bouts in the round-robin pools were to 5 touches; bouts in the double-elimination and final rounds were to 10 touches.

## Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time adjusted for daylight savings (UTC+10)

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| Thursday, 22 September 1988 | 8:30 13:00 15:00 | Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 |
| Friday, 23 September 1988 | 14:00 | Double elimination round Quarterfinals Semifinals Bronze medal match Final |

## Results

### Round 1

**Round 1 Pool A**

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | IB | MM | SM | WZ | ST | NM | YWS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Imre Bujdosó (HUN) | 6 | 0 | 30 | 13 | Q | | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Marco Marin (ITA) | 4 | 2 | 26 | 17 | Q | 2–5 | | 5–4 | 4–5 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Steve Mormando (USA) | 3 | 3 | 24 | 18 | Q | 2–5 | 4–5 | | 5–2 | 3–5 | 5–1 | 5–0 |
| 4 | Wang Zhiming (CHN) | 3 | 3 | 22 | 22 | Q | 4–5 | 5–4 | 2–5 | | 1–5 | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| 5 | Stephan Thönnessen (FRG) | 3 | 3 | 21 | 22 | Q | 2–5 | 2–5 | 5–3 | 5–1 | | 2–5 | 5–3 |
| 6 | Nikolay Marincheshki (BUL) | 2 | 4 | 15 | 22 | | 1–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 5–2 | | 5–0 |
| 7 | Yan Wing-Shean (TPE) | 0 | 6 | 6 | 30 | | 2–5 | 0–5 | 0–5 | 1–5 | 3–5 | 0–5 | |

**Round 1 Pool B**

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | KE | HP | PG | ZZ | JMB | ML | RA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Khristo Etropolski (BUL) | 5 | 1 | 28 | 13 | Q | | 3–5 | 5–1 | 5–4 | 5–0 | 5–3 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Heorhiy Pohosov (URS) | 5 | 1 | 28 | 17 | Q | 5–3 | | 3–5 | 5–3 | 5–2 | 5–4 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Pierre Guichot (FRA) | 5 | 1 | 26 | 18 | Q | 1–5 | 5–3 | | 5–1 | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–3 |
| 4 | Zheng Zhaokang (CHN) | 3 | 3 | 23 | 22 | Q | 4–5 | 3–5 | 1–5 | | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| 5 | Jean-Marie Banos (CAN) | 2 | 4 | 20 | 24 | Q | 0–5 | 2–5 | 4–5 | 4–5 | | 5–4 | 5–0 |
| 6 | Mike Lofton (USA) | 1 | 5 | 20 | 25 | | 3–5 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 4–5 | | 5–0 |
| 7 | Régis Avila (BRA) | 0 | 6 | 4 | 30 | | 0–5 | 0–5 | 3–5 | 1–5 | 0–5 | 0–5 | |

**Round 1 Pool C**

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | VE | IG | PD | JPB | JG | MS | PA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Vasil Etropolski (BUL) | 6 | 0 | 30 | 8 | Q | | 5–1 | 5–4 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 5–0 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Imre Gedővári (HUN) | 5 | 1 | 26 | 11 | Q | 1–5 | | 5–3 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Philippe Delrieu (FRA) | 4 | 2 | 27 | 17 | Q | 4–5 | 3–5 | | 5–1 | 5–1 | 5–3 | 5–2 |
| 4 | Jean-Paul Banos (CAN) | 3 | 3 | 19 | 19 | Q | 1–5 | 2–5 | 1–5 | | 5–1 | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| 5 | Jia Guihua (CHN) | 2 | 4 | 15 | 27 | Q | 2–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | | 5–4 | 5–3 |
| 6 | Mark Slade (GBR) | 1 | 5 | 14 | 29 | | 0–5 | 0–5 | 3–5 | 2–5 | 4–5 | | 5–4 |
| 7 | Percival Alger (PHI) | 0 | 6 | 10 | 30 | | 0–5 | 0–5 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 3–5 | 4–5 | |

**Round 1 Pool D**

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | AA | GN | JO | PW | AG | KSU | PB |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Andrey Alshan (URS) | 6 | 0 | 30 | 16 | Q | | 5–2 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| 2 | György Nébald (HUN) | 5 | 1 | 27 | 16 | Q | 2–5 | | 5–1 | 5–3 | 5–3 | 5–1 | 5–3 |
| 3 | Janusz Olech (POL) | 4 | 2 | 25 | 18 | Q | 4–5 | 1–5 | | 5–4 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Peter Westbrook (USA) | 3 | 3 | 26 | 22 | Q | 4–5 | 3–5 | 4–5 | | 5–2 | 5–4 | 5–1 |
| 5 | Antonio García (ESP) | 2 | 4 | 18 | 23 | Q | 5–2 | 5–3 | 5–1 | 5–2 | | 3–5 | 0–5 |
| 6 | Kim Sang-Uk (KOR) | 1 | 5 | 17 | 27 | | 2–5 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 4–5 | 3–5 | | 5–2 |
| 7 | Pedro Bleyer (BOL) | 0 | 6 | 9 | 30 | | 2–5 | 3–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 0–5 | 2–5 | |

**Round 1 Pool E**

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | JFL | JN | GS | TP | LBN | OM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jean-François Lamour (FRA) | 5 | 0 | 25 | 11 | Q | | 5–1 | 5–2 | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Jürgen Nolte (FRG) | 4 | 1 | 21 | 14 | Q | 1–5 | | 5–3 | 5–3 | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 20 | Q | 2–5 | 3–5 | | 5–4 | 5–4 | 5–2 |
| 4 | Tadeusz Piguła (POL) | 2 | 3 | 21 | 19 | Q | 4–5 | 3–5 | 4–5 | | 5–3 | 5–1 |
| 5 | Lee Byeong-Nam (KOR) | 1 | 4 | 16 | 24 | Q | 2–5 | 2–5 | 4–5 | 3–5 | | 5–4 |
| 6 | Olivier Martini (MON) | 0 | 5 | 10 | 25 | | 2–5 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 4–5 | |

**Round 1 Pool F**

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | SM | GDB | FB | RK | WB | LUJ |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sergey Mindirgasov (URS) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 9 | Q | | 5–0 | 4–5 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 5–3 |
| 2 | Gianfranco Dalla Barba (ITA) | 4 | 1 | 20 | 12 | Q | 0–5 | | 5–4 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Felix Becker (FRG) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 15 | Q | 5–4 | 4–5 | | 1–5 | 5–0 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Robert Kościelniakowski (POL) | 3 | 2 | 17 | 15 | Q | 1–5 | 1–5 | 5–1 | | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| 5 | Wulfe Balk (CAN) | 1 | 4 | 8 | 20 | Q | 0–5 | 1–5 | 0–5 | 2–5 | | 5–0 |
| 6 | Lee Uk-Jae (KOR) | 0 | 5 | 7 | 25 | | 3–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 0–5 | |

### Round 2

**Round 2 Pool A**

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | VE | PD | JN | TP | JMB |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Vasil Etropolski (BUL) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 10 | Q | | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–3 | 5–4 |
| 2 | Philippe Delrieu (FRA) | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | Q | 2–5 | | 5–1 | 1–5 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Jürgen Nolte (FRG) | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | Q | 1–5 | 1–5 | | 5–3 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Tadeusz Piguła (POL) | 1 | 3 | 13 | 16 | Q | 3–5 | 5–1 | 3–5 | | 2–5 |
| 5 | Jean-Marie Banos (CAN) | 1 | 3 | 11 | 17 | | 4–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 5–2 | |

**Round 2 Pool B**

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | JO | GDB | IB | ST | WZ |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Janusz Olech (POL) | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | Q | | 5–4 | 4–5 | 5–1 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Gianfranco Dalla Barba (ITA) | 3 | 1 | 19 | 12 | Q | 4–5 | | 5–3 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Imre Bujdosó (HUN) | 3 | 1 | 18 | 13 | Q | 5–4 | 3–5 | | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| 4 | Stephan Thönnessen (FRG) | 1 | 3 | 10 | 15 | Q | 1–5 | 2–5 | 2–5 | | 5–0 |
| 5 | Wang Zhiming (CHN) | 0 | 4 | 4 | 20 | | 0–5 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 0–5 | |

**Round 2 Pool C**

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | MM | JFL | SM | JPB | AG |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Marco Marin (ITA) | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | Q | | 4–5 | 5–3 | 5–0 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Jean-François Lamour (FRA) | 3 | 1 | 18 | 15 | Q | 5–4 | | 3–5 | 5–3 | 5–3 |
| 3 | Sergey Mindirgasov (URS) | 3 | 1 | 18 | 16 | Q | 3–5 | 5–3 | | 5–4 | 5–4 |
| 4 | Jean-Paul Banos (CAN) | 1 | 3 | 12 | 19 | Q | 0–5 | 3–5 | 4–5 | | 5–4 |
| 5 | Antonio García (ESP) | 0 | 4 | 12 | 20 | | 1–5 | 3–5 | 4–5 | 4–5 | |

**Round 2 Pool D**

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | AA | FB | PG | ZZ | LBN |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Andrey Alshan (URS) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 9 | Q | | 5–4 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Felix Becker (FRG) | 3 | 1 | 19 | 12 | Q | 4–5 | | 5–4 | 5–0 | 5–3 |
| 3 | Pierre Guichot (FRA) | 2 | 2 | 15 | 16 | Q | 1–5 | 4–5 | | 5–3 | 5–3 |
| 4 | Zheng Zhaokang (CHN) | 1 | 3 | 10 | 16 | Q | 2–5 | 0–5 | 3–5 | | 5–1 |
| 5 | Lee Byeong-Nam (KOR) | 0 | 4 | 9 | 20 | | 2–5 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 1–5 | |

**Round 2 Pool E**

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | HP | IG | RK | PW | JG |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Heorhiy Pohosov (URS) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 12 | Q | | 5–3 | 5–4 | 5–3 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Imre Gedővári (HUN) | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | Q | 3–5 | | 3–5 | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Robert Kościelniakowski (POL) | 2 | 2 | 17 | 17 | Q | 4–5 | 5–3 | | 3–5 | 5–4 |
| 4 | Peter Westbrook (USA) | 2 | 2 | 15 | 17 | Q | 3–5 | 2–5 | 5–3 | | 5–4 |
| 5 | Jia Guihua (CHN) | 0 | 4 | 11 | 20 | | 2–5 | 1–5 | 4–5 | 4–5 | |

**Round 2 Pool F**

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | GN | KE | GS | SM | WB |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | György Nébald (HUN) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 10 | Q | | 5–3 | 5–4 | 5–3 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Khristo Etropolski (BUL) | 2 | 2 | 17 | 15 | Q | 3–5 | | 5–1 | 4–5 | 5–4 |
| 3 | Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) | 2 | 2 | 15 | 15 | Q | 4–5 | 1–5 | | 5–2 | 5–3 |
| 4 | Steve Mormando (USA) | 2 | 2 | 15 | 16 | Q | 3–5 | 5–4 | 2–5 | | 5–2 |
| 5 | Wulfe Balk (CAN) | 0 | 4 | 9 | 20 | | 0–5 | 4–5 | 3–5 | 2–5 | |

### Round 3

**Round 3 Pool A**

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | PG | AA | FB | GS | IB | JPB |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Pierre Guichot (FRA) | 4 | 1 | 23 | 15 | Q | | 5–4 | 3–5 | 5–1 | 5–4 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Andrey Alshan (URS) | 3 | 2 | 22 | 19 | Q | 4–5 | | 5–4 | 5–2 | 3–5 | 5–3 |
| 3 | Felix Becker (FRG) | 3 | 2 | 22 | 20 | Q | 5–3 | 4–5 | | 3–5 | 5–3 | 5–4 |
| 4 | Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 18 | 20 | Q | 1–5 | 2–5 | 5–3 | | 5–3 | 5–4 |
| 5 | Imre Bujdosó (HUN) | 2 | 3 | 20 | 21 | | 4–5 | 5–3 | 3–5 | 3–5 | | 5–3 |
| 6 | Jean-Paul Banos (CAN) | 0 | 5 | 15 | 25 | | 1–5 | 3–5 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 3–5 | |

**Round 3 Pool B**

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | GDB | VE | SM | JFL | RK | ST |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Gianfranco Dalla Barba (ITA) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 20 | Q | | 5–3 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 5–4 |
| 2 | Vasil Etropolski (BUL) | 3 | 2 | 22 | 18 | Q | 3–5 | | 5–2 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Steve Mormando (USA) | 3 | 2 | 21 | 18 | Q | 5–4 | 2–5 | | 4–5 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| 4 | Jean-François Lamour (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 21 | 22 | Q | 4–5 | 5–4 | 5–4 | | 2–5 | 5–4 |
| 5 | Robert Kościelniakowski (POL) | 2 | 3 | 20 | 19 | | 4–5 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 5–2 | | 5–2 |
| 6 | Stephan Thönnessen (FRG) | 0 | 5 | 14 | 25 | | 4–5 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 4–5 | 2–5 | |

**Round 3 Pool C**

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | JO | GN | PD | JN | SM | ZZ |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Janusz Olech (POL) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 14 | Q | | 5–2 | 5–3 | 4–5 | 5–3 | 5–1 |
| 2 | György Nébald (HUN) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 15 | Q | 2–5 | | 5–1 | 3–5 | 5–3 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Philippe Delrieu (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 19 | 17 | Q | 3–5 | 1–5 | | 5–3 | 5–3 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Jürgen Nolte (FRG) | 3 | 2 | 19 | 18 | Q | 5–4 | 5–3 | 3–5 | | 1–5 | 5–1 |
| 5 | Sergey Mindirgasov (URS) | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | | 3–5 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 5–1 | | 5–0 |
| 6 | Zheng Zhaokang (CHN) | 0 | 5 | 4 | 25 | | 1–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 0–5 | |

**Round 3 Pool D**

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | IG | MM | HP | TP | JN | KE |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Imre Gedővári (HUN) | 4 | 1 | 23 | 18 | Q | | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–3 | 5–4 | 3–5 |
| 2 | Marco Marin (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 23 | 19 | Q | 4–5 | | 5–2 | 4–5 | 5–3 | 5–4 |
| 3 | Heorhiy Pohosov (URS) | 3 | 2 | 19 | 19 | Q | 2–5 | 2–5 | | 5–2 | 5–4 | 5–3 |
| 4 | Tadeusz Piguła (POL) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 20 | Q | 3–5 | 5–4 | 2–5 | | 5–4 | 5–2 |
| 5 | Peter Westbrook (USA) | 1 | 4 | 20 | 23 | | 4–5 | 3–5 | 4–5 | 4–5 | | 5–3 |
| 6 | Khristo Etropolski (BUL) | 1 | 4 | 17 | 23 | | 5–3 | 4–5 | 3–5 | 2–5 | 3–5 | |

### Double elimination rounds

**Winners brackets**

**Winners group 1**

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Janusz Olech (POL) | 10 | | |
| Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) | 7 | Janusz Olech (POL) | 7 |
| Imre Gedővári (HUN) | 6 | Felix Becker (FRG) | 10 |
| Felix Becker (FRG) | 10 | | |

**Winners brackets**

**Winners group 2**

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gianfranco Dalla Barba (ITA) | 8 | | |
| Philippe Delrieu (FRA) | 10 | Philippe Delrieu (FRA) | 10 |
| Steve Mormando (USA) | 1 | Andrey Alshan (URS) | 6 |
| Andrey Alshan (URS) | 10 | | |

**Winners brackets**

**Winners group 3**

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Vasil Etropolski (BUL) | 9 | | |
| Jürgen Nolte (FRG) | 10 | Jürgen Nolte (FRG) | 10 |
| Jean-François Lamour (FRA) | 9 | Heorhiy Pohosov (URS) | 7 |
| Heorhiy Pohosov (URS) | 10 | | |

**Winners brackets**

**Winners group 4**

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Marco Marin (ITA) | 9 | | |
| Pierre Guichot (FRA) | 10 | Pierre Guichot (FRA) | 5 |
| Tadeusz Piguła (POL) | 5 | György Nébald (HUN) | 10 |
| György Nébald (HUN) | 10 | | |

**Repechages**

**Repechage 1**

| Round of 4 | Round of 4 | Round of 2 | Round of 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) | 10 | | |
| Imre Gedővári (HUN) | 8 | Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) | 10 |
| | | Andrey Alshan (URS) | 8 |

**Repechages**

**Repechage 2**

| Round of 4 | Round of 4 | Round of 2 | Round of 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gianfranco Dalla Barba (ITA) | 10 | | |
| Steve Mormando (USA) | 7 | Gianfranco Dalla Barba (ITA) | 7 |
| | | Heorhiy Pohosov (URS) | 10 |

**Repechages**

**Repechage 3**

| Round of 4 | Round of 4 | Round of 2 | Round of 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Vasil Etropolski (BUL) | 6 | | |
| Jean-François Lamour (FRA) | 10 | Jean-François Lamour (FRA) | 10 |
| | | Ioan Pop (ROU) | 4 |

**Repechages**

**Repechage 4**

| Round of 4 | Round of 4 | Round of 2 | Round of 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Marco Marin (ITA) | 9 | | |
| Tadeusz Piguła (POL) | 10 | Tadeusz Piguła (POL) | 6 |
| | | Janusz Olech (POL) | 10 |

### Final round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| György Nébald (HUN) | 8 | | | | |
| Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) | 10 | | | | |
| Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) | 10 | Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) | 9 | | |
| | | Janusz Olech (POL) | 10 | | |
| Janusz Olech (POL) | 10 | Janusz Olech (POL) | 10 | | |
| Jürgen Nolte (FRG) | 7 | | | | |
| Jürgen Nolte (FRG) | 7 | | | Janusz Olech (POL) | 4 |
| | | | | Jean-François Lamour (FRA) | 10 |
| Philippe Delrieu (FRA) | 10 | | | | | Jean-François Lamour (FRA) | 10 |
| Heorhiy Pohosov (URS) | 9 | | |
| Heorhiy Pohosov (URS) | 9 | Philippe Delrieu (FRA) | 7 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Jean-François Lamour (FRA) | 10 |
| Jean-François Lamour (FRA) | 10 | Jean-François Lamour (FRA) | 10 | Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) | 10 |
| Felix Becker (FRG) | 6 | | | Philippe Delrieu (FRA) | 2 |

## Final classification

| Fencer | Nation |
| - | - |
| Jean-François Lamour | France |
| Janusz Olech | Poland |
| Giovanni Scalzo | Italy |
| Philippe Delrieu | France |
| György Nébald | Hungary |
| Heorhiy Pohosov | Soviet Union |
| Felix Becker | West Germany |
| Jürgen Nolte | West Germany |
| Andrey Alshan | Soviet Union |
| Gianfranco Dalla Barba | Italy |
| Pierre Guichot | France |
| Tadeusz Piguła | Poland |
| Vasil Etropolski | Bulgaria |
| Marco Marin | Italy |
| Imre Gedővári | Hungary |
| Steve Mormando | United States |
| Sergey Mindirgasov | Soviet Union |
| Robert Kościelniakowski | Poland |
| Imre Bujdosó | Hungary |
| Peter Westbrook | United States |
| Khristo Etropolski | Bulgaria |
| Jean-Paul Banos | Canada |
| Stephan Thönnessen | West Germany |
| Zheng Zhaokang | China |
| Jean-Marie Banos | Canada |
| Antonio García | Spain |
| Jia Guihua | China |
| Lee Byeong-Nam | South Korea |
| Wulfe Balk | Canada |
| Wang Zhiming | China |
| Nikolay Marincheshki | Bulgaria |
| Mike Lofton | United States |
| Kim Sang-Uk | South Korea |
| Mark Slade | Great Britain |
| Olivier Martini | Monaco |
| Lee Uk-Jae | South Korea |
| Percival Alger | Philippines |
| Pedro Bleyer | Bolivia |
| Yan Wing-Shean | Chinese Taipei |
| Régis Avila | Brazil |
